Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have met outside Berlin for talks ranging from the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, to Iran and a gas pipeline project that has drawn US ire.

A leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, American financial manager Bill Browder, said Putin is “using everything he’s got” in the wake of his summit and news conference in Finland with Trump, in which Putin mentioned Browder by name and expressed a desire to interrogate him.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election. They discussed energy projects between the nations and Erdogan has confirmed Ankara’s commitment to the initiatives.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to take steps towards establishing complete denuclearisation and to cooperate on future economic opportunities and infrastructure projects during Moon’s visit to Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday to discuss the recent denuclearization efforts in the Korean Peninsula amid the Kremlin’s diplomatic offensive during soccer’s World Cup.

Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says he has been released from custody after he and hundreds of other protesters were detained as part of nationwide protests ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fourth presidential term.

Donald Trump was so eager to have Vladi­mir Putin attend the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow that he wrote a personal letter to the Russian president inviting him to the event, according to multiple people familiar with the document.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told NBC News that he “couldn’t care less” if Russian citizens tried to interfere in the 2016 American presidential election because, he claims, they were not connected to the Kremlin.